Episode 142: The sinking of the Marchioness
Disaster Area31 Heinä 2020

Episode 142: The sinking of the Marchioness

It was just supposed a late-night birthday party on the Thames - a little drinking, a little dancing, and a lot of fun with all their friends. But in the early morning hours of August 20th, 1989, the 131 people onboard the pleasure boat Marchioness found themselves at the mercy of a ship three times her size.

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Episode 236: The Uvalde school shooting - Part One

Episode 236: The Uvalde school shooting - Part One

In the first in this five-part series, we look at the town of Uvalde, and the first moments before a normal school day goes from calm to terrifying. Videos: Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Fr...

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Episode 235: The Eschede train disaster

Episode 235: The Eschede train disaster

A year ago this week, I covered the Amagasaki train derailment in 2005 in Japan. Why not cover a second one seven years earlier near a small town in Germany? Videos: Seconds from Disaster: The Esche...

1 Touko 20241h 22min

Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three

Episode 234: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Three

It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h...

14 Huhti 20241h 1min

Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two

Episode 233: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part Two

It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h...

7 Huhti 20241h 1min

Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One

Episode 232: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Part One

It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your h...

31 Maalis 202447min

Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire

Episode 231: The Peshtigo fire

The deadliest fire in American history happened not in Chicago, but in a small Wisconsin town to the north of Chicago on the exact same day - October 8th, 1871. Videos: Watch now: The story of the t...

6 Maalis 20241h 14min

Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher

Episode 230: The sinking of the USS Thresher

On April 9th, 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for depth tests in the Atlantic. It would never return. Videos: Second Saturday: The Loss of the USS...

28 Helmi 20241h 32min

Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire

Episode 229: The Collinwood school fire

The deadliest school fire in American history took place on - of all days - Ash Wednesday, March 8th, 1908, in the Cleveland suburb of Collinwood just after first period ended. Within a half hour, 172...

31 Tammi 20241h 46min

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